Good morning! It's Day 2 of our birthday celebration the the party is just getting started! If you missed Day 1, be sure to join us here! Today we are thrilled to have Design Team Member Paige Evans joining us with a beautiful layout featuring birthday pinwheels! Be sure to also see Paige's process video which is linked below!
"I've seen pinwheels making a comeback lately and I wanted to give them a go again! But, I really didn't want them to be too thick - bulky embellishments means I can't fit as many pages into a scrapbook and I need all the space I can get! So, I made them only 1/8" thick! Sure it was a labor of love, but I got the results I was hoping for, so it was 10000% worth it!
I started by trying to figure out if this technique was even possible in such a minute scale. Using a scoring board I scored every 1/8" on one of the papers from the Oh My Heart 12x12 Paper Pad - there are 6 papers that have rose gold foiling and 6 that are die cut and ready to layer! I used the tiny rose gold hearts paper and attempted to make a thin rosette. Let's just say I gave up on the first attempt. Then I made one that had scored lines every 1/4", but like I predicted, it was just too thick for my layout, albeit much much much easier to make.
I tried again at 1/8", this time not trying to rush the process and tweaked my folding technique until I got it right! Once I figured out how to make one, I couldn't stop. I varied the width of the papers to get different sized rosettes. My favorite part is seeing the new pattern that emerges when the paper is looped together - I LOVE the top right rosette on the layout - that paper is triangles of color but look at the beautiful design it makes once it's a rosette! Swoon.
After all the rosettes were made I picked a background paper. Since I chose Oh My Heart papers that were mostly bright colors on a white background for the rosettes I needed a darker background to help them stand out and become the focal element.
I hadn't used the periwinkle stripes paper yet and it looked beautiful as the background so that was that! I splashed white acrylic paint over the background and let it dry. Then I layered the rosettes on top, trying not to overlap them a whole lot because that would have defeated the purpose of making them so thin haha. I punched three photos of Jane on her birthday into 2" circles and matted them with white cardstock. I made them circles to continue with the round theme - round rosettes, round splashes, round photos.
Next I tied a rainbow of baker's twine into bows and added one to the center of each rosette. On the largest rosette I created the title with Thickers and mini alphabet stickers. I fussy cut a white scalloped border from a 6x6 paper, stamped journaling lines above, and wrote my journaling to finish!
To see just how Paige created this layout, she has created a process video to share with you...
Thank you Paige! Beautiful work!
Day 2 Celebration Giveaways!
Happy 11th birthday Scrapbook & Cards Today - we’re just as happy to celebrate number 11 with you as we were number 1! In honor of your birthday, we’re excited to offer one lucky reader an assortment of products from our new Domestic Bliss collection. Embrace the mess & document your own ‘home sweet home’ with Domestic Bliss! The cheerful palette of pinks, blues, yellows & greens paired with bright pops of navy & playful graphics create the delightfully fun, tongue-in-cheek collection that will make all of your crafting projects shine.
Congrats to our friends at Scrapbook & Cards Today on their 11th Birthday Celebration! To show our gratitude at being part of the celebration we’re giving away not one but TWO yes.. TWO $50 gift certificates to our online store! Shop for our NEW Deco Foil Transfer Gel that gives dimension plus unbelievable shine plus over 30 colors of Deco Foil Transfer Sheets! And that’s not all…pick up our new Rebekah Meier Mixed Media collection as well. There’s so much to chose from and it’s our way of celebrating with you our fans and friends! Happy Birthday Scrapbook & Cards Today! Here’s to many more! Visit our blog for project ideas at: www.thermoweb.com/blog And be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram too!
Happy birthday to our friends at Scrapbook & Cards Today! We would love to share our Lift Me Up Clear-Mount Bundle which includes Lift Me Up Clear-Mount Stamp Set and Up & Away Thinlits Dies. In addition, we have the Carried Away Designer Series Paper! The Lift Me Up Bundle coordinates perfect with the Designer Series Paper, Carried Away, offered in this year’s Sale-A-Bration. Grab yours before the end of Sale-A-Bration, March 31st.
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WOW! Amazing prizes! Thank you Simple Stories, Therm O Web and Stampin' Up! for not only these generous prizes but the amazing support for our 11 years!
For an opportunity to win today's prize package, be sure to leave a comment below by March 31st! Winner will be announced on April 3rd! Good luck!
Please also take a moment to visit our sponsors on their Facebook pages with a big SCT "THANK YOU!!!" They always love hearing from the best readers out there!
Please be sure to join us tomorrow for Day 3! You sure won't be disappointed!!!
~ Catherine
Amazing layout, more work than I would be willing to do. :) Great sponsors for your 11th birthday.
Posted by: Chelle K | March 31, 2017 at 07:17 AM
This prize is fantastic. Lots of fun things to create with!
Posted by: Jeannine H | March 31, 2017 at 11:00 AM
Happy Birthday to the SCT Team!!! Love that you're sharing the chance to win these amazing prizes!
Thanks so much for visiting us in Moncton!
J
Posted by: Janet | March 31, 2017 at 01:16 PM
Those hot air balloons are so special!!! Happy Birthday SCT! 11 Years old...wow, where has the time gone? Can't wait to try those pretty pinwheels this weekend!
Posted by: Andrea Williams | March 31, 2017 at 03:24 PM
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous rosettes! Love them. Thanks to the sponsors for the great prizes!
Posted by: Kim Innis | March 31, 2017 at 04:02 PM
Fun and Exciting - such a grand celebration for your 11th birthday!! So happy for you!!
Posted by: Taunya Butler | March 31, 2017 at 04:14 PM
This is a great project! Love the hot air balloons!
Posted by: HeatherC | March 31, 2017 at 04:29 PM
The pinwheels are amazing. I promise SCT your prizes never disappoint.
Posted by: Kimberly Hartwell | March 31, 2017 at 11:14 PM
Happy 11th !! What an amazing milestone.
Posted by: Julie A. Shearer | April 01, 2017 at 09:19 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to YOU! I HOPE you have MANY MORE Birthdays to come! Eleven is YOUNG! LOL SUPER PRIZES AGAIN & I think it is GREAT to have SU & Thermo Web & Simple Stories support too! ;)
Posted by: Becky Green | April 04, 2017 at 06:49 PM